cults
- 1Plural of cult.
Investigators tracked the finances of several secretive cults across three states.
Many doomsday cults dissolved quietly after their predicted dates passed.
Note
A regular plural, but it belongs only to the noun. When cult works as an adjective, as in a cult film, it never takes the -s: several cult classics, not cults classics. The plural also keeps the noun's split in tone. The cults of saints or ancient deities is neutral, scholarly language, but calling modern groups cults is derogatory, so the word judges as well as counts.
cults is a form of cult
cult, noun: An unorthodox religious or philosophical movement whose members cut themselves off from wider society and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader. Full entry
- Forms
- cultcults plural
- Spelling
- cult → cults: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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